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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Minor Accidents At Week-End

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 2

Several minor accident victims were given attention by ambulance officers during the week-end…

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Drowned Husband Was Happiest Man in World

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

A verdict of accidental drowning was returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. A. R. Mitchell, at an inquest in…

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1800 Killed in Motor Accidents Australian Road Toll

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Nearly 1800 people were killed in road accidents in Australia in 1951. In three States, NSW, Tasmania…

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Injured Constable Leaves Hospital

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

Injured in the execution of his duty, Const. J. Foster, of the Lithgow police, was discharged from Lithgow hospital…

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Truck Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

When David Thompson of Sunny Corner, parked his truck In William Street on Monday night the hand brake slipped and the vehicle rolled…

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Mother and Children Drowned

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE, This Afternoon. A woman and her three children are believed to have drowned in the sea at Semaphore…

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Accident on Rylstone Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 10

Two well known local men Messrs. Amos Taylor and Slim Jordon, of Charbon, were injured in an accident…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

A minor collision between two cars occurred at the intersection of the Orange Road ,and Evans Plains Road, Dunkeld at noon yesterday. The cars…

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Collision in Molong

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 1

The drivers of two motor vehicles which collided at the junction of Watson and Molong Streets, Molong, on…

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Girl Hirers Believed Drowned

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Thursday: It is now feared that two girls, lost on a hiking trip in the south island of N.Z., have been drowned in a flooded creek…

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Priest Drowned Near Taronga

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

Rev. Father Christopher Smithwick, parish priest of Waitara, Sydney, was drowned early yesterday morning…

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Jockey's Son Injured

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

ORANGE, Thursday: A motor truck ran over an 18 month old baby boy at Glenrol Heights, Orange, today, and broke one of his ankles…

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Priest Drowned in Car Crash

Central Western Daily · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY Thursday. —A priest was [?] when his car plunged into [?] feet of water near the Taronga Park wharf at…

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Truck Accident

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

A truck loaded with scrap iron ran off the road on the Mitchell Highway at 10 o'clock on Wednesday night, about eight miles from Bathurst. The…

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Minor Lithgow Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

Four minor accident victims were given attention by ambulance officers yesterday, but a comparatively small…

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Two Injured Collision at Bathurst

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

A Kelso resident and her 5-year-old son received minor injuries when two utility trucks collided at the intersection of Howick and Rankin Streets at…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

A sedan car and a heavy truck were involved in to a minor collision in William Street, near the Royal Hotel, at 4.50 yesterday afternoon…

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Three Drowned Fatalities in Victoria

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Three pie were drowned in Victoria to Horace Edward Drill, of Richn[?] lost his life when swimming in…

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Six Cyclists Injured in Fall

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

Six members of the Bathurst Cycle Club received abrasions and minor injuries in a fall during the 8½ miles road rac on Saturday afternoon. The…

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Truck Overturns One Killed-Three Injured

National Advocate · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: One man was killed and three Injured last night near Nundel, in northern NSW, when a truck in which they were travelling…

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